Cerebral aneurysm

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Can aneurysms heal spontaneously?

Cerebral aneurysms can rarely undergo spontaneous thrombosis1 2 3, an event estimated to occur in up to 9-13% of cases in autopsy studies4.

Indications for treatment of an aneurysm

The optimal treatment strategy for an intracranial aneurysm depends on the patient’s age and clinical condition, as well as the aneurysm’s location and morphology. In every case, the risks of treatment must be weighed against the risk associated with the natural history of the disease.

References

    1. Davila S, Oliver B, Molet J, et al. Spontaneous Thrombosis of an Intracranial Aneurysm. Surg Neurol. 1984;22:29-32. ↩ ↩

    2. Kumar, Sunil, et al. "Disappearance of a cerebral aneurysm—an unusual angiographic event." Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 93.2 (1991): 151-153. ↩ ↩

    3. Sobel, David F., et al. "Cerebral aneurysm thrombosis, shrinkage, then disappearance after subarachnoid hemorrhage." Surgical neurology 45.2 (1996): 133-137. ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩

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    • Text changed: “## Can aneurysms heal spontaneously? {#spontanheilung} Cerebral aneurysms can rarely undergo spontaneous thrombosis[^2] [^3] [^4], an event estimated in autopsy studies to occur in up to 9-13% of cases[^4].”“## Can aneurysms heal spontaneously? {#spontanheilung} Cerebral aneurysms can rarely undergo spontaneous thrombosis[^2] [^3] [^4], an event estimated to occur in up to 9-13% of cases in autopsy studies[^4].”
    • Text changed: “## Treatment indications for an aneurysm {#behandlungsindikationen} The optimal treatment strategy for an intracranial aneurysm depends on the patient’s age and clinical condition, as well as the aneurysm’s location and morphology. In every case, the risks of treatment must be weighed against the risk of the natural course of the disease.”“## Indications for treatment of an aneurysm {#behandlungsindikationen} The optimal treatment strategy for an intracranial aneurysm depends on the patient’s age and clinical condition, as well as the aneurysm’s location and morphology. In every case, the risks of treatment must be weighed against the risk associated with the natural history of the disease.”

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